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Bob McAdoo

Robert Allen McAdoo Jr. (Bob)

Position: Center-Forward
Height: 6-9    Weight: 210 lbs.
Born: September 25, 1951 in Greensboro, North Carolina
High School: Ben Smith in Greensboro, North Carolina
College: University of North Carolina

Inducted into Hall of Fame as Player in 2000

Drafted by the Buffalo Braves in the 1st round (2nd pick, 2nd overall) of the 1972 NBA draft.

Totals

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Season Age Tm Lg G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1972-73 21 BUF NBA 80 2562 585 1293 .452 271 350 .774 728 139 256 1441
1973-74 22 BUF NBA 74 3185 901 1647 .547 459 579 .793 281 836 1117 170 88 246 252 2261
1974-75 23 BUF NBA 82 3539 1095 2138 .512 641 796 .805 307 848 1155 179 92 174 278 2831
1975-76 24 BUF NBA 78 3328 934 1918 .487 559 734 .762 241 724 965 315 93 160 298 2427
1976-77 25 TOT NBA 72 2798 740 1445 .512 381 516 .738 199 727 926 205 77 99 262 1861
1976-77 25 BUF NBA 20 767 182 400 .455 110 158 .696 66 198 264 65 16 34 74 474
1976-77 25 NYK NBA 52 2031 558 1045 .534 271 358 .757 133 529 662 140 61 65 188 1387
1977-78 26 NYK NBA 79 3182 814 1564 .520 469 645 .727 236 774 1010 298 105 126 346 297 2097
1978-79 27 TOT NBA 60 2231 596 1127 .529 295 450 .656 130 390 520 168 74 67 217 189 1487
1978-79 27 NYK NBA 40 1594 429 793 .541 218 335 .651 94 285 379 128 62 47 153 134 1076
1978-79 27 BOS NBA 20 637 167 334 .500 77 115 .670 36 105 141 40 12 20 64 55 411
1979-80 28 DET NBA 58 2097 492 1025 .480 3 24 .125 235 322 .730 100 367 467 200 73 65 238 178 1222
1980-81 29 TOT NBA 16 321 68 157 .433 0 1 .000 29 41 .707 17 50 67 30 17 13 32 38 165
1980-81 29 DET NBA 6 168 30 82 .366 0 0 12 20 .600 9 32 41 20 8 7 18 16 72
1980-81 29 NJN NBA 10 153 38 75 .507 0 1 .000 17 21 .810 8 18 26 10 9 6 14 22 93
1981-82 30 LAL NBA 41 0 746 151 330 .458 0 5 .000 90 126 .714 45 114 159 32 22 36 51 109 392
1982-83 31 LAL NBA 47 1 1019 292 562 .520 0 1 .000 119 163 .730 76 171 247 39 40 40 68 153 703
1983-84 32 LAL NBA 70 0 1456 352 748 .471 0 5 .000 212 264 .803 82 207 289 74 42 50 127 182 916
1984-85 33 LAL NBA 66 0 1254 284 546 .520 0 1 .000 122 162 .753 79 216 295 67 18 53 95 170 690
1985-86 34 PHI NBA 29 0 609 116 251 .462 0 0 62 81 .765 25 78 103 35 10 18 49 64 294
Career NBA 852 1 28327 7420 14751 .503 3 37 .081 3944 5229 .754 1818 5502 8048 1951 751 1147 1223 2726 18787

Per Game

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Season Age Tm Lg G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1972-73 21 BUF NBA 80 32.0 7.3 16.2 .452 3.4 4.4 .774 9.1 1.7 3.2 18.0
1973-74 22 BUF NBA 74 43.0 12.2 22.3 .547 6.2 7.8 .793 3.8 11.3 15.1 2.3 1.2 3.3 3.4 30.6
1974-75 23 BUF NBA 82 43.2 13.4 26.1 .512 7.8 9.7 .805 3.7 10.3 14.1 2.2 1.1 2.1 3.4 34.5
1975-76 24 BUF NBA 78 42.7 12.0 24.6 .487 7.2 9.4 .762 3.1 9.3 12.4 4.0 1.2 2.1 3.8 31.1
1976-77 25 TOT NBA 72 38.9 10.3 20.1 .512 5.3 7.2 .738 2.8 10.1 12.9 2.8 1.1 1.4 3.6 25.8
1976-77 25 BUF NBA 20 38.4 9.1 20.0 .455 5.5 7.9 .696 3.3 9.9 13.2 3.3 0.8 1.7 3.7 23.7
1976-77 25 NYK NBA 52 39.1 10.7 20.1 .534 5.2 6.9 .757 2.6 10.2 12.7 2.7 1.2 1.3 3.6 26.7
1977-78 26 NYK NBA 79 40.3 10.3 19.8 .520 5.9 8.2 .727 3.0 9.8 12.8 3.8 1.3 1.6 4.4 3.8 26.5
1978-79 27 TOT NBA 60 37.2 9.9 18.8 .529 4.9 7.5 .656 2.2 6.5 8.7 2.8 1.2 1.1 3.6 3.2 24.8
1978-79 27 NYK NBA 40 39.9 10.7 19.8 .541 5.5 8.4 .651 2.4 7.1 9.5 3.2 1.6 1.2 3.8 3.4 26.9
1978-79 27 BOS NBA 20 31.9 8.4 16.7 .500 3.9 5.8 .670 1.8 5.3 7.1 2.0 0.6 1.0 3.2 2.8 20.6
1979-80 28 DET NBA 58 36.2 8.5 17.7 .480 0.1 0.4 .125 4.1 5.6 .730 1.7 6.3 8.1 3.4 1.3 1.1 4.1 3.1 21.1
1980-81 29 TOT NBA 16 20.1 4.3 9.8 .433 0.0 0.1 .000 1.8 2.6 .707 1.1 3.1 4.2 1.9 1.1 0.8 2.0 2.4 10.3
1980-81 29 DET NBA 6 28.0 5.0 13.7 .366 0.0 0.0 2.0 3.3 .600 1.5 5.3 6.8 3.3 1.3 1.2 3.0 2.7 12.0
1980-81 29 NJN NBA 10 15.3 3.8 7.5 .507 0.0 0.1 .000 1.7 2.1 .810 0.8 1.8 2.6 1.0 0.9 0.6 1.4 2.2 9.3
1981-82 30 LAL NBA 41 0 18.2 3.7 8.0 .458 0.0 0.1 .000 2.2 3.1 .714 1.1 2.8 3.9 0.8 0.5 0.9 1.2 2.7 9.6
1982-83 31 LAL NBA 47 1 21.7 6.2 12.0 .520 0.0 0.0 .000 2.5 3.5 .730 1.6 3.6 5.3 0.8 0.9 0.9 1.4 3.3 15.0
1983-84 32 LAL NBA 70 0 20.8 5.0 10.7 .471 0.0 0.1 .000 3.0 3.8 .803 1.2 3.0 4.1 1.1 0.6 0.7 1.8 2.6 13.1
1984-85 33 LAL NBA 66 0 19.0 4.3 8.3 .520 0.0 0.0 .000 1.8 2.5 .753 1.2 3.3 4.5 1.0 0.3 0.8 1.4 2.6 10.5
1985-86 34 PHI NBA 29 0 21.0 4.0 8.7 .462 0.0 0.0 2.1 2.8 .765 0.9 2.7 3.6 1.2 0.3 0.6 1.7 2.2 10.1
Career NBA 852 1 33.2 8.7 17.3 .503 0.0 0.1 .081 4.6 6.1 .754 2.4 7.1 9.4 2.3 1.0 1.5 2.6 3.2 22.1

Per 36 Minutes

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Season Age Tm Lg G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1972-73 21 BUF NBA 80 2562 8.2 18.2 .452 3.8 4.9 .774 10.2 2.0 3.6 20.2
1973-74 22 BUF NBA 74 3185 10.2 18.6 .547 5.2 6.5 .793 3.2 9.4 12.6 1.9 1.0 2.8 2.8 25.6
1974-75 23 BUF NBA 82 3539 11.1 21.7 .512 6.5 8.1 .805 3.1 8.6 11.7 1.8 0.9 1.8 2.8 28.8
1975-76 24 BUF NBA 78 3328 10.1 20.7 .487 6.0 7.9 .762 2.6 7.8 10.4 3.4 1.0 1.7 3.2 26.3
1976-77 25 TOT NBA 72 2798 9.5 18.6 .512 4.9 6.6 .738 2.6 9.4 11.9 2.6 1.0 1.3 3.4 23.9
1976-77 25 BUF NBA 20 767 8.5 18.8 .455 5.2 7.4 .696 3.1 9.3 12.4 3.1 0.8 1.6 3.5 22.2
1976-77 25 NYK NBA 52 2031 9.9 18.5 .534 4.8 6.3 .757 2.4 9.4 11.7 2.5 1.1 1.2 3.3 24.6
1977-78 26 NYK NBA 79 3182 9.2 17.7 .520 5.3 7.3 .727 2.7 8.8 11.4 3.4 1.2 1.4 3.9 3.4 23.7
1978-79 27 TOT NBA 60 2231 9.6 18.2 .529 4.8 7.3 .656 2.1 6.3 8.4 2.7 1.2 1.1 3.5 3.0 24.0
1978-79 27 NYK NBA 40 1594 9.7 17.9 .541 4.9 7.6 .651 2.1 6.4 8.6 2.9 1.4 1.1 3.5 3.0 24.3
1978-79 27 BOS NBA 20 637 9.4 18.9 .500 4.4 6.5 .670 2.0 5.9 8.0 2.3 0.7 1.1 3.6 3.1 23.2
1979-80 28 DET NBA 58 2097 8.4 17.6 .480 0.1 0.4 .125 4.0 5.5 .730 1.7 6.3 8.0 3.4 1.3 1.1 4.1 3.1 21.0
1980-81 29 TOT NBA 16 321 7.6 17.6 .433 0.0 0.1 .000 3.3 4.6 .707 1.9 5.6 7.5 3.4 1.9 1.5 3.6 4.3 18.5
1980-81 29 DET NBA 6 168 6.4 17.6 .366 0.0 0.0 2.6 4.3 .600 1.9 6.9 8.8 4.3 1.7 1.5 3.9 3.4 15.4
1980-81 29 NJN NBA 10 153 8.9 17.6 .507 0.0 0.2 .000 4.0 4.9 .810 1.9 4.2 6.1 2.4 2.1 1.4 3.3 5.2 21.9
1981-82 30 LAL NBA 41 0 746 7.3 15.9 .458 0.0 0.2 .000 4.3 6.1 .714 2.2 5.5 7.7 1.5 1.1 1.7 2.5 5.3 18.9
1982-83 31 LAL NBA 47 1 1019 10.3 19.9 .520 0.0 0.0 .000 4.2 5.8 .730 2.7 6.0 8.7 1.4 1.4 1.4 2.4 5.4 24.8
1983-84 32 LAL NBA 70 0 1456 8.7 18.5 .471 0.0 0.1 .000 5.2 6.5 .803 2.0 5.1 7.1 1.8 1.0 1.2 3.1 4.5 22.6
1984-85 33 LAL NBA 66 0 1254 8.2 15.7 .520 0.0 0.0 .000 3.5 4.7 .753 2.3 6.2 8.5 1.9 0.5 1.5 2.7 4.9 19.8
1985-86 34 PHI NBA 29 0 609 6.9 14.8 .462 0.0 0.0 3.7 4.8 .765 1.5 4.6 6.1 2.1 0.6 1.1 2.9 3.8 17.4
Career NBA 852 1 28327 9.4 18.7 .503 0.0 0.2 .081 5.0 6.6 .754 2.5 7.7 10.2 2.5 1.0 1.6 3.4 3.5 23.9

Advanced

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Season Age Tm Lg G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% Usg% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS LS WSAA
1972-73 21 BUF NBA 80 2562 16.8 .498 .452 13.3 8.1
1973-74 22 BUF NBA 74 3185 24.7 .594 .547 9.0 25.4 17.4 8.1 1.2 3.8 95
1974-75 23 BUF NBA 82 3539 25.8 .569 .512 9.2 23.5 16.6 8.6 1.2 2.4 95
1975-76 24 BUF NBA 78 3328 23.3 .542 .487 7.8 22.0 15.1 15.7 1.2 2.5 96
1976-77 25 TOT NBA 72 2798 21.8 .557 .512 7.5 26.6 17.2 11.5 1.2 1.8 97
1976-77 25 BUF NBA 20 767 19.9 .505 .455 8.6 26.2 17.4 13.8 0.9 2.2 98
1976-77 25 NYK NBA 52 2031 22.6 .577 .534 7.0 26.8 17.1 10.6 1.3 1.7 97
1977-78 26 NYK NBA 79 3182 22.0 .567 .520 7.8 24.7 16.4 13.4 1.4 2.0 15.8 26.1 106 99 21.1 13.0 34 11 11.5
1978-79 27 TOT NBA 60 2231 20.4 .561 .529 6.3 19.1 12.7 11.5 1.5 1.6 14.1 27.1 105 104 9.0 6.6 16 14 1.0
1978-79 27 NYK NBA 40 1594 21.5 .572 .541 6.3 19.4 12.8 12.2 1.8 1.6 14.0 26.9 107 103 7.8 5.2 13 8 2.5
1978-79 27 BOS NBA 20 637 17.5 .534 .500 6.2 18.4 12.3 9.9 0.8 1.6 14.3 27.5 100 106 1.2 1.4 3 6 -1.5
1979-80 28 DET NBA 58 2097 16.3 .524 .481 5.0 18.5 11.7 13.9 1.6 1.6 16.9 25.8 98 108 0.9 3.4 4 26 -11.0
1980-81 29 TOT NBA 16 321 14.4 .471 .433 5.8 18.8 12.0 14.7 2.5 2.3 15.5 25.8 92 102 0.3 1.0 2 4 -1.0
1980-81 29 DET NBA 6 168 11.5 .396 .366 5.9 23.5 14.2 18.6 2.3 2.4 16.5 26.2 82 101 0.0 0.6 1 3 -1.0
1980-81 29 NJN NBA 10 153 17.6 .552 .507 5.8 13.6 9.6 10.4 2.7 2.2 14.3 25.4 103 104 0.3 0.5 1 1 0.0
1981-82 30 LAL NBA 41 746 14.4 .509 .458 6.8 16.1 11.6 5.5 1.4 2.6 11.7 23.2 104 105 1.6 3.1 5 4 0.5
1982-83 31 LAL NBA 47 1019 20.6 .555 .520 8.7 17.8 13.4 5.3 1.8 2.1 9.7 27.2 111 103 7.2 4.0 11 3 4.0
1983-84 32 LAL NBA 70 1456 15.9 .530 .471 6.9 15.0 11.2 6.9 1.3 1.8 12.8 27.4 104 107 3.4 5.3 9 10 -0.5
1984-85 33 LAL NBA 66 1254 15.4 .559 .520 7.9 17.9 13.4 6.9 0.7 2.3 13.3 23.0 108 107 4.5 4.7 9 5 2.0
1985-86 34 PHI NBA 29 609 12.2 .513 .462 4.6 14.3 9.5 8.5 0.8 1.7 14.6 22.2 101 108 0.5 1.9 2 4 -1.0
Career NBA 852 28327 20.7 .551 .503 7.6 21.8 14.7 10.5 1.3 2.3 14.3 25.8 104 100 48.5 43.2 92 81 5.5

Playoffs

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Totals Shooting Per Game
Season Age Tm Lg G MP FG FGA 3P 3PA FT FTA ORB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS FG% 3P% FT% MP PTS TRB AST
1973-74 22 BUF NBA 6 271 76 159 38 47 14 82 9 6 13 25 190 .478 .809 45.2 31.7 13.7 1.5
1974-75 23 BUF NBA 7 327 104 216 54 73 25 94 10 6 19 29 262 .481 .740 46.7 37.4 13.4 1.4
1975-76 24 BUF NBA 9 406 97 215 58 82 31 128 29 7 18 37 252 .451 .707 45.1 28.0 14.2 3.2
1977-78 26 NYK NBA 6 238 61 126 21 35 11 58 23 7 12 23 19 143 .484 .600 39.7 23.8 9.7 3.8
1981-82 30 LAL NBA 14 388 101 179 0 0 32 47 21 95 22 10 21 35 43 234 .564 .681 27.7 16.7 6.8 1.6
1982-83 31 LAL NBA 8 166 37 84 2 6 11 14 15 46 5 11 10 10 23 87 .440 .333 .786 20.8 10.9 5.8 0.6
1983-84 32 LAL NBA 20 447 111 215 0 1 57 81 30 108 12 12 27 39 63 279 .516 .000 .704 22.4 14.0 5.4 0.6
1984-85 33 LAL NBA 19 398 91 193 0 1 35 47 25 86 15 9 26 32 66 217 .472 .000 .745 20.9 11.4 4.5 0.8
1985-86 34 PHI NBA 5 73 20 36 0 0 14 16 8 14 2 4 5 2 13 54 .556 .875 14.6 10.8 2.8 0.4
Career NBA 94 2714 698 1423 2 8 320 442 180 711 127 72 151 141 318 1718 .491 .250 .724 28.9 18.3 7.6 1.4

All-Star Games

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Season Age Tm Lg G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1973-74 22 BUF NBA 1 13 3 4 .750 5 8 .625 3 1 1 4 11
1974-75 23 BUF NBA 1 26 4 9 .444 3 3 1.000 6 2 0 4 11
1975-76 24 BUF NBA 1 29 10 14 .714 2 4 .500 7 1 0 5 22
1976-77 25 BUF NBA 1 38 13 23 .565 4 4 1.000 10 2 1 3 30
1977-78 26 NYK NBA 1 20 7 14 .500 0 0 4 0 0 3 2 14
Career NBA 5 126 37 64 .578 14 19 .737 30 6 2 3 18 88

College

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Totals Shooting Per Game
Season Age College G MP FG FGA 3P 3PA FT FTA ORB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS FG% 3P% FT% MP PTS TRB AST
1971-72 20 unc 31 243 471 118 167 312 72 604 .516 .707 19.5 10.1 2.3
Career 31 243 471 118 167 312 72 604 .516 .707 19.5 10.1 2.3

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

All-Star Games

1974 NBA
1975 NBA
1976 NBA
1977 NBA
1978 NBA

Awards

1972-73 NBA Rookie of the Year
1974-75 NBA MVP

Honors

1972-73 NBA All-Rookie (1st)
1973-74 NBA All-NBA (2nd)
1974-75 NBA All-NBA (1st)

MVP Voting
Season Lg Share (Rank)

1973-74 NBA 0.498 (2)
1974-75 NBA 0.567 (1)
1975-76 NBA 0.425 (2)
1977-78 NBA 0.004 (10)

Games

1974-75 NBA 82 (2)

Minutes Played

1973-74 NBA 3185 (10)
1974-75 NBA 3539 (1)
 1975-76 NBA 3328 (2)
1977-78 NBA 3182 (5)

Field Goals

1973-74 NBA 901 (2)
1974-75 NBA 1095 (1)
 1975-76 NBA 934 (1)
 1976-77 NBA 740 (7)
1977-78 NBA 814 (4)
Career NBA 7420 (35)
Career 7420 (39)

Field Goal Attempts

1973-74 NBA 1647 (7)
1974-75 NBA 2138 (2)
1975-76 NBA 1918 (1)
 1977-78 NBA 1564 (10)
Career NBA 14751 (53)
Career 14751 (57)

Field Goal Pct

1973-74 NBA .547 (1)
 1974-75 NBA .512 (5)
Career NBA .503 (87)
Career .503 (89)

Free Throws

1973-74 NBA 459 (3)
1974-75 NBA 641 (2)
1975-76 NBA 559 (1)
 1977-78 NBA 469 (5)
Career NBA 3944 (61)
Career 3944 (67)

Free Throw Attempts

1973-74 NBA 579 (2)
1974-75 NBA 796 (1)
 1975-76 NBA 734 (1)
 1977-78 NBA 645 (4)
Career NBA 5229 (57)
Career 5229 (62)

Offensive Rebounds

1973-74 NBA 281 (10)
1974-75 NBA 307 (5)
Career NBA 1818 (97)

Defensive Rebounds

1973-74 NBA 836 (4)
1974-75 NBA 848 (2)
1975-76 NBA 724 (5)
1976-77 NBA 727 (4)
1977-78 NBA 774 (3)
Career NBA 5502 (31)
Career 5502 (38)

Total Rebounds

1973-74 NBA 1117 (4)
1974-75 NBA 1155 (1)
 1975-76 NBA 965 (7)
1976-77 NBA 926 (6)
1977-78 NBA 1010 (7)
Career NBA 8048 (54)
Career 8048 (64)

Blocks

1973-74 NBA 246 (4)
1974-75 NBA 174 (5)
1975-76 NBA 160 (6)
Career NBA 1147 (51)
Career 1147 (54)

Turnovers

1977-78 NBA 346 (4)

Personal Fouls

1975-76 NBA 298 (7)

Points

1973-74 NBA 2261 (1)
 1974-75 NBA 2831 (1)
 1975-76 NBA 2427 (1)
 1976-77 NBA 1861 (7)
1977-78 NBA 2097 (3)
Career NBA 18787 (46)
Career 18787 (50)

Minutes Per Game

1973-74 NBA 43.0 (3)
1974-75 NBA 43.2 (1)
 1975-76 NBA 42.7 (1)
 1976-77 NBA 38.9 (5)
1977-78 NBA 40.3 (6)